![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The pickup consisted of two massive 'U' shaped magnets and one coil and was known as the '. Beauchamp eventually produced the first successful single coil pickup. He wound his earliest coils using a motor out of a washing machine, later on switching to a sewing machine motor, and eventually using single coiled magnets.Beauchamp was backed in his efforts by, an engineer and wealthy owner of a successful tool and die business. Originally using a phonograph pickup assembly, Beauchamp began testing many different combinations of coils and magnets hoping to create the first electromagnetic guitar pickup. Sketch of Rickenbacker 'frying pan' lap steel guitar from 1934 patent applicationIn the mid-1920s, a Los Angeles, California guitarist, began experimentation with electric amplification of the guitar. ![]()
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